I have just purchased a "Senetti" from the garden centre and I am going to plant it in the flowerbed, however in the winter will it survive for next year? If not what do I do with it? Do I need to dig it up and put it in a pot? I don't have a greenhouse to keep it in....any ideas?

10 Apr, 2011

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Well I bought two last year for the first time, and I have an unheated greenhouse that I put them in for the winter well protected with fleece etc, but they didnt survive, so I suggest if you want to keep it you might be as well to pot it and bring it indoors.

I've kept them in the conservatory over the winter and to be honest it was a waste of effort, with growth and flowering disappointing the following year. Best treated as an annual - cut it back quite hard after the first flush (and all other flushes) of flowers and it will reward you.